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Criminal Justice Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What is a perceived crime?

a) extreme crime
b) crime that actually is going on
c) crime that will happen
d) fear of crime
e) belief of a crime

A

d) fear of crime

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Facts someone is actually guilty, they committed the crime

a) legal guilt
b) real guilt
c) factual guilt
d) due process
e) reasonable doubt

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c) factual guilt

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Discretion is one of the 13 characteristics of the CJ System what does it mean?

a) use of judgement or discretion in making decisions
b) patterns on which people get let go
c) fairness, equal opportunities
d) establishes guilt or innocence
e) patterns on when crime happens

A

a) use of judgement or discretion in making decisions

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Resource Dependence is one of the 13 characteristics what does it mean

a) the index rate of crimes
b) the amount of criminals involved
c) the money and funding the department has
d) patterns in money laundering
e) the amount of area they have to patrol

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c) the money and funding (taxes)

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One of the 13 characteristics
Patterns on which people get let go

a) filtering
b) discretion
c) due process
d) exchange relationships
e) sequential tools

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d) exchange relationships

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which is true about exchange relationships

a) police control the courts by bringing people in
b) the courts control the police by deciding who goes free
c) the police affect corrections by bringing people in

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b) the courts control the police by deciding who goes free

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Index Crimes are

a) crimes that happen every day
b) crimes that we don’t spend fighting
c) crimes that we hear more about
d) crimes that don’t happen
e) the crimes that happen the most

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c) the crimes we hear more about on the news

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8
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The steps of the criminal justice system are

a) sequential tools
b) resource dependence
c) filtering
d) standards of proof
e) typologies

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a) sequential tools

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9
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Efforts to controlling crime in a democracy must take into account what

A 
Factual Guilt 
Legal Guilt
Race, religion, beliefs  
Real Crimes 
Precieved Crimes
Liberal beliefs 
Conservative Beliefs
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10
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Investigations in the criminal justice system (13 steps)

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can be long or short

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(step 3) Booking (13 steps) in the criminal justice system are

a) administrative record of the arrest
b) the probable cause of the warrant
c) the process of finding the subject in question
d) the crime that was committed

A

a) the administrative record of the arrest

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12
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The standards of probable cause fall under which of the 13 steps

a) booking
b) charging
c) initial appearance
d) arraignment
e) arrest

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e) arrest (step 2)

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(13 steps )Preliminary Hearing is (step 6)

a) a group of your peers look at the facts and evidence to
to support the charges
b) a judge makes a decision on if you are innocent or
guilty
c) a judge looks at the facts and evidence to support
the charges
d) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a
warrant

A

c) a judge looks at the facts and evidence to support the

charges

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(13 steps) A Grand Jury is (step 6)

a) a group of your peers look at the facts and evidence to
to support the charges
b) a group of your peers makes a decision on if you are innocent or guilty
c) a judge looks at the facts and evidence to support
the charges
d) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a
warrant

A

a) a group of your peers look at the facts and evidence to
to support the charges

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What are the 3 goals of the criminal justice system?

a) Justice, Crime Control, Crime Prevention Preference
b) Police, Courts, Corrections
c) Justice, Courts, Crime Control
d) Crime Prevention Preference, Justice, Police
e) Policies, Crime Control, Justice

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a) Justice, Crime Control, Crime Prevention Preference

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What is Initial Appearance (step 5)

a) appearing in court within 90 hours of an arrest without a
warrant
b) appearing in court within 24 hours of an arrest without
a warrant
c) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a
warrant
d) appearing in court within 72 hours of an arrest without a
warrant

A

c) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a warrant

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17
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Making decisions based on if there is enough evidence

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Charging

step 4

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18
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sometimes when people get released from jail/prison they go back to a life of crime
they may end up going through the same process again

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Release

step 13

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19
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keep if from happening in the first place

the threat of consequences

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(goal of the criminal justice system)

Crime Prevention Preference

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20
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What is the step after the trial (step 9) in the 13 steps

a) Corrections
b) Arrignment
c) Indictment
d) Trial
e) Sentencing

A

e) sentencing (step 10)

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21
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Fairness
Equal Opportunities
Rules

Acknowledging situations

A

Justice

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22
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Under Arraignment (step 8) what does guilty mean

a) straight to sentencing
b) not accepting or denying (guilty/ helps in civil court)
c) mute trial date set

A

a) straight to sentencing

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23
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Under Arraignment (step 8) what does mute mean

a) guilty
b) not guilty

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b) not guilty

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24
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When can pleading no contest help you (step 8)

a) in criminal court
b) in sentencing
c) in trial
d) in the appeal process
e) in civil court

A

E) in civil court

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25
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Decides what you are being charged with

indicted on charges

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(step 7)

Information or Indictment

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26
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What 2 types of trials can you have (step 9)

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Bench Trial- Judge

Jury Trial- Peers

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Exists to manage the crime that is going on

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Crime Control

goals

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28
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Step 12

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Corrections

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29
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Retrial

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Appeal

step 11

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30
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What is a misdemeanor (Wedding cake)

a) most don’t go to trial, not long term
term no longer than 1 year
b) most go to trial get more than 1 year
c) get covered by the news

A

a) most don’t go to trial

not long terms no longer than a year

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31
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most don’t go to trial, some go to prison but not for long, most go out on probation

A

Less serious felonies

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32
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can appeals get you harsher sentences

A

yes

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33
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Murders, Serial Killers, get covered by the news what type of case is this
OJ Simpson

A

Celebrated Cases

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34
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Crimes Committed against a person
theft
robbery

A

Personal crimes

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35
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Universially recognized world wide as evil crimes

evil crimes

A

ma lain se

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36
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Crime Classifacation system

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Typologies

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37
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Vandalism
Taking property
Bugurlary

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Property Crimes

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38
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What are the 2 common typologies

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Personal Crime and Property Crime

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39
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What crime are we most likely to be a victim on

A

ID Theft

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40
Q

prison
serious
long stays

A

Felanoy

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41
Q 
Jail
short stays 
not serious/quick cases 
pleas
majority not in jail
all will get out
A

Misdemeanor

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42
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illegal because the law says it is prohibited

A

Mala Prohibida

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43
Q

Planned
social frame work which crimes are committed
context
illegal goods and services

A

Organized crime

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44
Q

goes through all 13 steps

42% aquital rate

A

Serious Felonies

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45
Q

What is the fastest growing crime

A

Cyber crime

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46
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Copied when we came over from England

English Tradition

A

English Common Law

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47
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Race, gender, sexuality motivated

More punishment

A

Hate Crimes (typologies)

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48
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Crime happening in a legal job
more money is lost with this crime
non violent crime

A

Occupational Crime

49
Q

legislatures passing laws
laws are always changing
a lot of laws

A

Statutes

50
Q

Society is most hurt by this type of crime

A

Victimless crime

51
Q

Regulations
EPA
Littering

A

Administrative Regulations

52
Q

Politically Motivated
Political Ideology
Motive

A

Political Crime

53
Q

U.S. Constitution
State Constitutions
Procedural Law

A

Constitutions

54
Q

most visible type of crime

happens on the street because of this cops are able to see it happening and catch it

A

Street Crime

55
Q

Judges rule on cases

decisions made with precedence

A

Case Law

56
Q

Law with other countries

A

Treaties

57
Q

Criminal activity with a computer and its tech
how the crime is being committed
fastest growing crime

A

Cyber Crime

58
Q

What do Expostfacto crimes do

a) happen at present time
b) reach back into time
c) go into the future
d) do nothing

A

b ) reach back into time

59
Q

Does the constitution allow expostfacto

A

No

60
Q

Stand by that which has been decided

A

State Decisis

61
Q

Any count of crime produced by a govt agency during a normal period of business
uniform crime report is the most well known done by the FBI since 1930

A

Official Statistics

62
Q

What is the problem with official statistics

A

They are only crimes that have been reported

numbers might be altered

63
Q

National Crime Victiminazation Survey
n= 40,000 households
asked about non serious crimes they were a victim of

A

Victimization Surveys

64
Q

What is the problem with victimization surveys

A

peoples perception of crime

honesty of the person

65
Q 
done by criminologists 
research
peers
family
drug use
education 
who are affected
  young males
minorities
  urban/ lower classes
crime is committed by everyone
A

Self Report Surveys

66
Q

Problem with self report surveys

A

People snitching on themselves
feel survey not confidential
how honest the person is

67
Q

Unreported Crimes

rape
assaults

A

Dark Figure Crimes

68
Q

What are the most common dark figure crimes reported

A

Murder

Grand Theft Auto

69
Q

Problem with dark figure crimes

A

only half of these crimes are actually being reported to the police

70
Q

before you commit a crime there has to be a law

law before crime

A

Expostfacto Laws

71
Q

Inorder to charge someone with a crime there has to be an act

A

Actus Reus

72
Q

initiate offenses
conspiracy
potential for harm

A

Harm

73
Q

Their act that produced the crime

involves actus reus and harm

A

Causation

74
Q

Intentionally
Recklessness
Knowingly
Neglect

A

Mens Rea

75
Q

Plan

scheme

A

Intentionally

76
Q 
Strict liability crimes
   doesn't require mens Rea 
have to prove intent 
liability
no extreme offenses
A

Recklessness

77
Q

knowing the act you are committing

knowing the consequences

A

Knowingly

78
Q

Failure to exercise care and caution

less careful

A

Neglect

79
Q

What are you attacking under the legal defenses of mens Rea

A

The attack requirement

80
Q

stand your ground law
commit a crime for your protection
protecting third parties

A

Self Defense

81
Q

name of the Stand your ground law

A

Cassol Law

82
Q

Govt intices you to commit a crime

A

Entrapment

83
Q

have a need to commit a crime

A

Necessity

84
Q

forced to commit a crime

A

duress

85
Q

crime was a genuine mistake

A

mistake

86
Q

child
age
children under 7 cannot be charged with a crime

A

immaturity

87
Q

rarely used

rarely successful

A

insanity

88
Q

Invonalitary intoxicaton

A

Intoxication

89
Q

Earliest form on Insanity

doesn’t know difference from right or wrong

A

M naughth Rule

90
Q

know its wrong but can’t control yourself

A

Irristiable Impulse

91
Q

suffering diagnosed illness

not guilty by reason of insanity

A

Durham Rule

92
Q

links 2 and 5

intent at the moment of the crime

A

Concurrence

93
Q

sentence is made

what can happen to you

A

Punishment

94
Q

Protects us from the govt

been here a long time

A

Bill of Rights

95
Q

stated that the bill of rights only applies to the federal system

A

Barron Vs Baltimore

96
Q

process where the bill of rights is applies to the state constitutions

A

incorporation

97
Q

protects us from unlawful or illegal seizures

A

4th admendemt

98
Q

if violated the evidence obtained is not allowed to be used in court

A

Exclusionary Rule

99
Q

what case gave us the exclusionary rule

A

weeks vs the us

100
Q

Double Jeopardy

cannot be charged for the same crime twice

A

5th ademendment

101
Q

self incrimminization

A

5th ademendment

102
Q

Right to counsel

right to an attorney

A

6th ademendment

103
Q

Protection from excessive bail fees

protection from cruel and unusual punishment

A

8th ademendment

104
Q

once the crimes are reported and done the cops interview

A

incident driven policing

105
Q

New York first pd formed
politicians were corrupt cops corrupt
no job security

A

political era

106
Q

businesses wanted protection
more professional
civil service program

A

professional era

107
Q

efforts to improve community relations with the police

A

community era

108
Q

what is the organization of police

A

Federal, state, local

109
Q 
dress
demeanor how you treat them
seriousness
race
age
SES
record
community norms
preference
A

Police discretion

110
Q

what is most police discretion used with

A

order matnience

111
Q

peace keeping

A

order maitnence

112
Q

FIGHTING CRIME

A

law enforcement

113
Q

cops spend more time doing this
vacation checks
funeral escorts
dare

A

service

114
Q

mataining order
medium size city
people are similar

A

Watch Men (order maitnence)

115
Q

larger cities
mix of people
fight crime

A

legalistic

116
Q

SMALL
RURAL
MOSTLY SERVICE

A

SERVICE

117
Q

incident driven police work

A

reactive policing

118
Q

responded to causes
trying to prevent
crime prevention

A

proactive policing

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